new jersey governor chris christie has viewed the damage. listen now to him. >> the pier where the rides where i took my kids this august before the republican convention, where i got in that famous yelling match with the guy with my ice cream cone, these rides are in the atlantic ocean. the roller coaster that all of them rhode on this summer, it almost looks like the pier came out from underneath it and it just fell onto the ocean floor and stayed almost fully constructed. it was an overwhelming afternoon for me emotionally as a kid who was born and raised in this state and who spent a lot of time over my life, both my childhood and my adult life at the jersey shore. we'll rebuild it. no question in my mind we'll rebuild it. but for those of us who are my age it won't be the same. >> reporter: it will never be the same. seaside heights by the way is a barrier island connected by a bridge which is now mostly underwater as are many of the homes in that area, and as the water begins to recede a bit authorities are scrambling to go house to ho